Favourite Final Fantasy

Zombienosh

Which final fantasy is the best of all time??!?!?!




i only included the main ones......

jonnybadd

Have to go with VII first one i played, and still play. IX is a close second though

PaddyjDunne

I thought they were all crap to be honest

Retr0gamer

Played them all. Final Fantasy VII for me. There was just something special about playing that game for the first time. It had its flaws but was a fantastic and captivating experience from start to finish. Saying that Final Fantasy VI, X and the PS1 tactics are very close.

Worst, definitely FFX-2 closely followed FFII.

Zombienosh

yeah VII for me too.......

only one word for the game "Epic"

Retr0gamer

I thought they were all crap to be honest

You have made a powerful enemy today.

Well maybe not powerful.

Definatly FF7, one of the best games of all time in my opinion.

I conquered it too..still have the saves.

Killed all the weapon dudes..and the one in the water

roar_ie

M!Ck^ wrote:

Killed all the weapon dudes..and the one in the water

And what about ruby weapon?

Aside FF7 was and still is my favourite of the series.

jonnybadd

Muhahahahahha i collected everything and defeated emerald and ruby weapon, muhahahahahahaha, took six months of my life but muhahahahahahah etc...

Crucifix

It's gotta be 7 for me. It was just fantastic through and through.

Blub2k4

They're all ****e.

mp3guy

everyone is going to vote for 7...

Bass.exe

Not so! I voted for VI. I really did love VII, but VI is my favourite. And actually, if you think about it, both VI and VII tell almost the exact same story.
Both absolute EPIC games... just VII is more well-known... and probably the first FF game most people played... (First one I played was FFII for the SNES. Which is actually FFIV, but with several features removed to "dumb-down" the game for the U.S. market)

My least favourite game was VIII, but then again I haven't played X or X-2...

sound_wave

FF VII here for me too!

once you had quad magic materia, knights of the round and pheonix materia you were sorted against the ultimate weapons.....and time was also needed, lots and lots and lots of time

Crucifix

Bass.exe wrote:

My least favourite game was VIII, but then again I haven't played X or X-2...

I liked X, although not as much as I liked 7 or 8, but X-2 was like an electrofying cupcake after eating so many delicious cupcakes. You touch it, it shocks you. But the other cup cakes were so nice you just have to give it another try, and another, and another. At the end of the day you just end up singed.

irldavem

I think there's a clear winner already.

Definitely FFVII, cos its the first one I played. So it introduced me to all that the final fantasy and rpg world has to offer. The gameplay is great, but the storyline is what really pushes it over the finishline far out in first place.

Square will have to do something amazing if they want people to relive a similar experience as to what they got from many of the great moments in this game the first time round, in any future fantasy game. Classic

Otacon

I voted for X. I have VI, VII, VIII, XI and X and of them, I think X is best. It had everything a FF game should have... an addictive mini-game(blitzball), an engrossing story(goddamnit, I almost cried at the end!) and most important, the levelling up system was taken out, replaced by the Sphere Grid which allowed you create your own characters practically.

I know people have an addiction to VII. Many can't see past there addiction. Even if a better game were to come along, people would ignore it. It almost becomes worshipped too much. There are countless examples, not only in games but everything... music, movies etc. I love VII, don't get me wrong, but the quality of everything in X(graphics, sound, story, characters) far surpasses it.

mayordenis

the one where it was zelda ocarina of time, gway ff

Ave

Dunno why so many people talk about VI, it was a pretty poor game

(i only played it when it came out on the playstation, along with IV and V)

Gonzo

im surprised with ff7 totally leading this vote, it is an amazing game but there are many other ff games out there that are just as good almost:), X is perhaps my favourite final fantasy game as a single player game with ff7 and ff9 very close behind but final fantasy xi has taken up more of my time than any of the final fantasy game as its a multiplayer online title and is constantly evolving, it doesnt have the strong storyline driven formula of ff7 or x but is totally addictive in a different way so ffxi gets my vote.

Bass.exe

Ave wrote:

Dunno why so many people talk about VI, it was a pretty poor game

(i only played it when it came out on the playstation, along with IV and V)

Heathen!
Well, I guess we all have different tastes, but IMHO VI had the best storyline, characters, and a decent magic system (unlike a certain FF game *cough* VIII *cough*).
FF VII had an excellent storyline and characters too... but it was too similar to VI... however, it was still (and still is!) mindblowing stuff....

But hey... what about Chrono Trigger? :P

Question... did FF IV on the PS have the extra japanese stuff? Like Cecil having Dark Wave etc. ?

Ave

Bass.exe wrote:

Heathen!
Well, I guess we all have different tastes, but IMHO VI had the best storyline, characters, and a decent magic system (unlike a certain FF game *cough* VIII *cough*).
FF VII had an excellent storyline and characters too... but it was too similar to VI... however, it was still (and still is!) mindblowing stuff....

But hey... what about Chrono Trigger? :P

Question... did FF IV on the PS have the extra japanese stuff? Like Cecil having Dark Wave etc. ?

I have no idea, played FF4-6 on PS, but they are all so similar, I can barely distinguish them

Bass.exe

Ave wrote:

I have no idea, played FF4-6 on PS, but they are all so similar, I can barely distinguish them

Similar... so to you FF IV, V and VI are all similar? WTF? The fact that they are all 2D shouldn't make them similar.
They are all utterly different games. IV with it's power-levelling motif. V had the Job system I so love. VI with the "pre-materia" Esper system. Man, if you think these games are similar, you obviously haven't played them enough!

The only FF games I didn't enjoy were the FF Legends Trilogy on the Gameboy. Oh, and Mystic Quest (SNES) sucked pretty bad too.

Peteee

Final Fantasy 8 i thought anyway, although its the only one ive really played all that much tbh

Otacon, its called nostalgia!

evad_lhorg

7 but 6 follows close behind.

klap trap

7 but i like 8, 10 and even 10-2 is enjoyable in its own way and tactics advance is good. i didn't really enjoy 9 though

mp3guy

6 is good too, but 7 is the best. the rest are crap...

Gonzo

imo there is only one bad final fantasy game and its X2, all the others were great in their own little ways.

madrab

speaking of ffvii

adnent children......wow looks amazing

madrab

and as for advent children...

:-)

Vokes

VII closely followed by VI for me !

I would love to see a remake of VI on a future console, 3D engine, remastered soundtrack etc...

VI had the best Final Fantasy opening(or main?) theme, bar none!

Bass.exe

Plus the re-made FF VI Battle Music ('The Decisive Battle') is the best track on "The Black Mages" album. 'Dancing Mad' isn't bad either.

Whatever happened to that 3D Chrono-Trigger remake that was being made by some bedroom programmers? Resurrection, I think the name was... must check and see what's happening there....

Edit: B0ll0cks!!! Square-Enix made them pull the plug. And it was looking so shiny and cool, too... hey, this might mean we're getting a re-make straight from Square... which wouldn't be all bad.

Ave

Bass.exe wrote:

Similar... so to you FF IV, V and VI are all similar? WTF? The fact that they are all 2D shouldn't make them similar.
They are all utterly different games. IV with it's power-levelling motif. V had the Job system I so love. VI with the "pre-materia" Esper system. Man, if you think these games are similar, you obviously haven't played them enough!

Played them all through to the end once or twice.

All bland games with nothing particular to distinguish them, except Kefka for being one of the most overrated "villians" in gaming history.

rainbow kirby

Believe it or not, I've never played a FF game...

evad_lhorg

get yourself a nice snes emulator and get ff6. i did and that's how i plaed it. never owned a snes or PS1. i also got tales of phantasia and I must say it's fookin deadly!

Retr0gamer

did FF IV on the PS have the extra japanese stuff? Like Cecil having Dark Wave etc

Yes the version on the PS1 is the japanese hard type with no bits deleted. The programming room is there and the porn mag item (not as interesting as you think it is. They also did a retranslation although they left in the classic bad translation line 'You spoony bard!'.

Saviour_Angel

M!Ck^ wrote:

Definatly FF7, one of the best games of all time in my opinion.

correction....
Is the best game ever...

after all that's were i got my name...

Saviour = Cloud, the saviour of midgar
Angel = Sephiroth, the one winged angel :cool:

Bass.exe

Retr0gamer wrote:

Yes the version on the PS1 is the japanese hard type with no bits deleted. The programming room is there and the porn mag item (not as interesting as you think it is. They also did a retranslation although they left in the classic bad translation line 'You spoony bard!'.

"You Spoony bard!"... a classic line, along with my personal favourite "I, Garland, will knock you all down!"

I've actually won the jap version (Yes, in Japanese. No, I don't speak or read Japanese. Yes, it was hard.). Damn pr0n mag.

All bland games with nothing particular to distinguish them, except Kefka for being one of the most overrated "villians" in gaming history.

Kefka was pure evil! He wasn't even "power-hungry, want to be a god" Sephiroth evil. He was "Damn, it would be so much fun to poison this town..." evil.

FF4 had a certain something about it.... probably because it was my first FF game. So I won't comment on any "blandness" there.
FF5 had incredible depth... sure it's story wasn't as engrossing as FF7, but still... great gameplay.
But FF6... If you call FF6 bland, you are calling FF7 bland. It's THE SAME STORY. Just "modernised" in FF7. - Bad guy wants ultimate power/destroy the world. One female main(ish) character to stop him... and fail for the most part. Crystals that hold the power of magic(Espers/Materia). I could argue further but I'd rather go play FF6 again.

Anyway... FF12 is looking ok. We'll see.

i_am_dogboy

rainbow kirby wrote:

Believe it or not, I've never played a FF game...

Well you're not missing out on much to be honest, I've always seen them as very japanese overblown love stories with very predictable characters and plots. And don't get me started on the whiney runt girly boy main characters.......But that's just my opinion. The music however generally makes up for the complete lack of charm and gameplay.

If you want good rpg's, then play fallout or planescape: torment, just give me an opening and i'll praise torment.....

Retr0gamer

Renounce your blasphemies dogboy!

what you have described is the diabolical FFVIII. Give the others a chance.

i_am_dogboy

Retr0gamer wrote:

Renounce your blasphemies dogboy!

what you have described is the diabolical FFVIII. Give the others a chance.

I did, liked VII at first, played it again and got bored of walking around pressing O at people after not too long. Played X to the part with tidus and yuna in the spring and nearly puked. I loved IX, but that's only because quina and vivi are so frickin cool. I don't know, games for me are more about interactivity and playing the game than watching loads of cut scenes with a spiky haired guy whinging about something or other.

And don't tell me about the stories being great, all they do is put a predictably love story in front of "lets save the world from evil" or some variant of it. Play grim fandango or torment for a great story....But the ff music is great, got the soundtracks to X and crystal chronicles right here.

Thordon

Used to be VII, changed to X, VII was revolutionary in its time, but X is still much better (IMO).

Steven

Those Eastern style RPGs are cack... and yet, there's just something about levelling that makes it all seem worthwhile at 4am when you finally turn the bloody thing off. Oh, and I'd agree with Thordon. Nostalgia does strange things to people.

Baldurs Gate 2 forever!
*goes back to playing FF tactics advance"

goin'_to_the_PS

what about ff2 and ff3 for the snes

FuzzyWuzzyWazza

FFVII was without a doubt the best of the series, both with respect to gameplay and story line. I can remember it being a big deal whenever you got to see andther FMV in the game, which looked SWEET!! (at the time).

Senbotsu

It's gotta be Final Fantasy VII, It's got the manga stlye character models and a great story with soem unique characters. Even if the materia system did turn your party into demi gods, it was still a great game and the best IMO.

ViperVenoM

FFVII FFVII FFVII FFVII FFVII!!!!!!

my number 1 all time favourite game...everrrr!!!

ive still got my save file somewhere with everyone on level 99 all last limits gained...master materia all round..emerald and ruby dead...etc etc

i just love it! what a game *whistles boss music*

..now im picturing cloud Omnislashhhing...ah..joy!

X wasnt bad ive got a 300hr save file of that...takes a damn long time to do all the extras and Penance is a damn pain in the arse..he took me like 4hrs flat :rolleyes:

then id say 6....then probably 9 then i enjoyed 5 with the jobs...then 4..etc etc..and then right at the bottom under my shoe somewhere amongst the crap is 8 - POS :eek:

Retr0gamer

FF2 is the worst for me. The levelling up is ridiculous but to make matters worse there is levelling down as well. Its so bad that square left the bug in the PS1 remake that allows you to level up relatively easily.

fixXxer

Final Fantasy 10! 7 was epic, but 10 had Auron who was epic enough to carry that whole side of the game. Remember the cut scene before u fight Yunalesca? *spoilers* Plus the way at the end you had to kill your comrades, the Aeons, and the best characters being dead or not real. Things like that made it a bit more personal then 7. For me anyway.

10-2 was good if u took it for what it was; a fun afterthought to the FF10 universe. There was an interesting little story there under the campness of the dancing and dress spheres (plus the whole finding out what happened after Sin's destruction),and its not like it was a million miles different from the other final fantasies, just having 3 characters doing the job classes that 8 characters did in previous games.

Retr0gamer

10-2 was good if u took it for what it was; a fun afterthought to the FF10 universe. There was an interesting little story there under the campness of the dancing and dress spheres (plus the whole finding out what happened after Sin's destruction),and its not like it was a million miles different from the other final fantasies, just having 3 characters doing the job classes that 8 characters did in previous games.

But it wasn't fun and therefore crap.

fixXxer

Well i had more fun playing 10-2 than any of 1 through 5! It was an "laughing out loud" kind of fun rather than a "What story twist will be next?" kind of fun, which was a nice diversion at the time from all the other RPG's i was playing at the time.